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================================================================= Canon Color Network ScanGear V2.42================================================================= Copyright Canon Inc. 2008

o Windows and Windows Vista are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and other countries.

1. Features

Color Network ScanGear is a 32-bit TWAIN-compliant scanner driver thatallows computers on a network to use a Canon iR C, imagePRESS,iR(equipped with a color scanner) or MF series digital copier asa network scanner.

It consists of the following software.

o ScanGear Tool This enables the user to select the device name of the scanner onthe network to be used for scanning.

It also enables the user to switch the display language of the software.

o Network ScanGear driver

This is a scanner driver that can be accessed from TWAIN-compliantapplications.

2. What You Need

Required Hardware

o IBM PC/AT or compatible computero Available hard disk space equal to at least twice the size of the scanned image (100 MB or more recommended)o At least 128MB of memory (192MB or more recommended) for Windows XPo At least 128MB of memory (256MB or more recommended) for Windows Server 2003o At least 512MB of memory (1GB or more recommended) for Windows Vista

o At least 512MB of memory (2GB or more recommended) for Windows Server 2008o Monitor of resolution at least 640 x 480 (800 x 600 or greater recommended),capable of displaying 256 colors or more recommended

o A network host adapter providing TCP/IP or UDP/IP protocols over Ethernet or Token Ringo Canon iR C/imagePRESS/MF series color digital copiero Canon iR series digital copier equipped with a color scanner

Required Software

One of the following systems is required:

o Microsoft Windows 2000o Microsoft Windows XPo Microsoft Windows Server 2003o Microsoft Windows Vistao Microsoft Windows Server 2008

3. Some General Tips on Usage

o Depending on the application you use, you may experience an out-of-memory

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error or similar error during scanning, or you may notice a reduction inscanning speed when you are scanning a large number of images or anespecially large image. Also, the operation system may not operate correctly.

In this case, follow these guidelines:

(1) Ensure that you have sufficient storage space on your harddisk by deleting unneeded files, or by adding an additionalhard disk to your system.

(2) Scan the images at a lower resolution setting.(3) Add memory (RAM) to your system.(4) Set the virtual memory setting for the largest possible

setting allowed by your system.(5) Divide originals into several sets and then scan them separately.

o Always close the Color Network ScanGear main window before you exit theparent application program.

o If system resources diminish while using Color Network ScanGear, the Color Network ScanGear main window display may become corrupted.

o The number of pixels displayed in the Color Network ScanGear main window maydiffer slightly from the number of pixels displayed in the parentapplication program.

o With some applications the Color Network ScanGear main window or the dialogbox showing the scanning progress may cover the messages displayed by theparent application program in the background and it may appear that scanningor acquisition by the parent application program has been interrupted. Inthis case, click the parent application program window to bring the windowsto the foreground.

o When installing or uninstalling Color Network ScanGear, it is necessary to log in as Administrator. Users other than Administrator cannot install or uninstall this driver.

o When a Restricted User uses Color Network ScanGear, install Color Network ScanGear in the folder where the Restricted User can overwrite.

o If you are using an operating system equipped with Windows Firewall and haveenabled the Windows Firewall settings, to use the Network ScanGear driver,click the [Exceptions] tab in the [Windows Firewall] dialog box -> click[Add Program] -> add the application you want to use for scanning.

o If you are using an operating system equipped with Windows Firewall and haveenabled the Windows Firewall settings, to use the ScanGear Tool, click the[Exceptions] tab in the [Windows Firewall] dialog box -> click [Add Program]-> add the ScanGear Tool (SgTool.exe). If you use the ScanGear Tool withoutadding it to Windows Firewall exceptions, an alarm message may be displayed.

o If you are scanning with the following combination of settings, part of the

image may not be scanned. - In Acrobat 7, selecting [Create PDF] - [From Scanner] from the [File] menu, then selecting [Recognize Text Using OCR] in the [Create PDF from Scanner] dialog box. - In Color Network ScanGear, selecting [Auto-color Select], [Full Color], or [Grayscale] for [Color Mode].

When scanning using OCR, deselect [Recognize Text Using OCR] in the [CreatePDF from Scanner] dialog box, and select [Recognize Text Using OCR] -

[Start] from the [Document] menu after scanning.

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o Depending on the printer model you are using, the scanned image may be larger than the page size you have specified.

o Depending on the printer model you are using, the scanned image may not match the page size you have specified, resulting in blank space on one or more edges.

o Depending on the printer model you are using, you may not be able to specify the scanning area.

o If the fonts required by the display language you have selected are notinstalled in the operating system you are using, this software may not display

correctly.